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I don't have much to show right now, sadly. Partly because my computer is dying and I need to get a new one, and partly because I've been a bit busy as of late (I say that a lot, but busy-ness does hinder passion projects).

I'll let you guys know what I'll be working on with Prestory and the whys.

> Coloured outlines for characters, or anything that needs to be distinct from grayscale background. (Prestory's artstyle is intended to have very little colourful things, but I'd like to enhance what it is coloured. Things I want to be noticed should pop more.)

> Grayscale pallette needs to be fixed up. (I kinda just used whatever when it came to the graytones in the backgrounds and objects, and the some of the grays were too close in colour that they looked essentially the same.)

> Blood pallette needs to be fixed up. (Not too long into Prestory I regretted the colour I used for blood. It's too vibrant and unnatural. Now that I'm overhauling looks, I might as well do it too.)

> Retconning pages that clash with the tone of Prestory, or detract attention. (This one might be controversial. My reason is that I want to be proud of Prestory, and treat like an actual comic instead of something half-baked. It will mostly be pages that interrupt pacing, that might get deleted. Some might just get their text changed. If I delete a page you enjoyed, I apologise.)

> Next floor needs its rooms to be finished.

> Puzzles need to be finished. (Yes! Puzzles! When I started Prestory, I liked the idea of having a problem with no clear solution but giving tools to the readers to creatively find a way out. I tried it, and I didn't like it. It feels lazy. So instead I will be making problems with an intended solution, but whether or not the reader does it and how they go about doing it, will be their creative choice.)

> [spoilers stuff] (Can't go into much detail on this, but I'm working on more story stuff.)

> Streamlining page-making process for ease. ("Streamlining? Isn't dragging and dropping drawn assets streamlined already?" God. I wish I did that. Every single object in the rooms had a separate folder that held its different parts, and different states. It's a mess. I know all this to-do list might make it seem like I'm doing a big undertaking that might kill the project, but this bulletpoint is the most important. I don't want Prestory to be something that I struggle with making, and have to wrestle with myself to get pages done. Making the process of setting up rooms, moving objects, drawing action pages, and other things an easier task would be the hiatus-killer.)

> You balance the tray on the top of the toilet, and meticuously place water on it using the spoon you have.> Very loud noises are coming from the other room.

> You pour the water you collected on the tray down the chute.> The chute is now slippery.

> You step out the hallway, making your way to the food shaft, but then there’s a loud creak of metal.

> You look to your side and see the statuesque being. They’re attempting to pry apart the thick, metal doors.

> You go over to the food chute, post-haste. You yell down the chute, to see if you can get a more clear response from the unknown person below, but all you can hear is them coughing and tapping on something.

> Yeah, your arm needs some medical attention. You haven’t gather any medical supplies yet; despite being in a hospital-like facility. So you might as well do what you can and stop the bloodflow.

> You tear off a piece of the blanket, using your teeth as leverage.> You wrap it around your arm, to stopping any more blood from flowing out.> By the time you wrap up the wrappings. The banging noise the statue creature was making had ceased, as if they had gotten bored or tired of trying to get into the ventilation shaft. There is a silence that you might describe as unsettling.

> You rationalize that going through the door would be a bad option as it would leave you open for another attack that you’d rather not risk.

> You quickly scramble through the vents to get yourself out of any imminent dangers. While the statue didn’t seem to hastily go after your daring escape, you do however hear the vents being shooken, from what you can assume is them trying to fit in it.

> It lacks eyes.

> They retaliate by grabbing you by the wrist…

> … then snapping your hand off with a harsh squeeze.

> You turn to face the statue.> You quite sure that they turned, and they might have gotten closer.> The porcelain statue is quite bloodied, and wrapped in bandages. The also has some, what appear to be shackles on its wrists, ankles, and neck. The statue looks very smooth, and there doesn’t appear to be any scuffs or scratches on it.> Looking very closely you start to notice something… unusual… it’s breathing. The statue is breathing.

> The statue-esque creature begins to move, and they lift their arms slowly.> Their movements are unusual. Jittery, yet fluid. It’s a movement you can only describe as…

> … excited.

> You step over to the mauled teddy bear.

> It’s oddly disheartening seeing a teddy bear like this.> In a sort of connotation way, teddy bears are like a symbol of innocence, childhood, and comfort. Seeing one like this puts into perspective just how unsafe some places can get.

> You solemnly mourn the bear.

> You feel more at peace, having properly mourned the teddy bear.

> You hop down from the toilet over to the bits of torn paper on the ground.

> It doesn’t appear as if anything was written or drawn on the paper before it was ripped apart.

> A bit unusual to have paper and not use it. However, you kinda have to give the guy a rest; he did after all die and all that.

> You’re an absolute connoiseur in the art of ventilation-based seduction.> You consider yourself a refined master at this factitious craft, and have decidedly continued this gag.

> Now that you’ve satiated your comedic impulses you enter the vent.

> You arrive on the other side into other room.> Things in this one have been torn apart, and there’s a mutilated corpse in the corner. However, what is really striking to you is the strange porcelain statue.

> You place the tank lid back on the toilet, stand atop it.> You use the spoon in your inventory to gently unscrew the vent off.> With the vent open you faintly hear something squishing.

> You take 1 (one) minute to think about and reflect on the horrors and tragedies she must have endured while living. May her soul rest peacefully.

> You think that maybe with all this hubbub with a dead girl, Mr. murder-mystery in the hallway, and your recovering amnesia that it would be a good idea to sit down and assess what has happened so far.> You think back and summarize what you’ve done.

>It’s been over a year.

Hey. I’m sorry for being on hiatus for a couple months. I’ve got big plans, and I’ve been trying to muster the courage to put the gears in motion.

I will also be changing the update schedule to once every Thursday. When it is effective, I will announce it.

I have not forgotten this comic. I’m not gonna let it die.

> You gotta admire her tenacity to write all this.> You’re not quite sure what it says, that is if it even says anything. She would have been really narcissistic to hide information like this, especially considering she probably knew she was going to die.

> There’s probably no trap- wait… what’s that?

> Oh.> It was nothing. There’s no trap.